protozoon | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoan |
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puccoon | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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(noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment | Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense |
quadroon | (noun) an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black | - |
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raccoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: racoon |
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(noun) the fur of the North American racoon | - |
racoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: raccoon |
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saloon | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, ginmill, taproom |
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(noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse |
(noun) a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors | Synonyms: sedan |
saskatoon | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, serviceberry, shadberry |
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schooner | (noun) sailing vessel used in former times | - |
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(noun) a large beer glass | - |
simoon | (noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | Synonyms: samiel, simoom |
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soon | (adverb) in the near future | Synonyms: before long, presently, shortly |
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sooner | (adverb) comparatives of `soon' or `early' | Synonyms: earlier |
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(adverb) more readily or willingly | Synonyms: preferably, rather |
soonest | (adverb) with the least delay | Synonyms: earliest |
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soupspoon | (noun) a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup | Synonyms: soup spoon |
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spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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spittoon | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: cuspidor |
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spoon | (noun) a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food | - |
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(noun) formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face | - |
(noun) as much as a spoon will hold | Synonyms: spoonful |
(verb) scoop up or take up with a spoon | - |
(verb) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others | Synonyms: smooch |
spoonbill | (noun) wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon | - |
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spoondrift | (noun) spray blown up from the surface of the sea | Synonyms: spindrift |
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spoonerism | (noun) transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words | - |
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spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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(verb) feed with a spoon | - |
spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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(noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |
spoonflower | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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spoonful | (noun) as much as a spoon will hold | Synonyms: spoon |
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spoonie | (noun) someone with a chronic illness | - |
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swoon | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, syncope |
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(verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, faint, pass out |
swooning | (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: faint, light-headed, light, lightheaded |
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tablespoon | (noun) a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving | - |
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(noun) as much as a tablespoon will hold | Synonyms: tablespoonful |
tablespoonful | (noun) as much as a tablespoon will hold | Synonyms: tablespoon |
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teaspoon | (noun) a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram | - |
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(noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoonful |
teaspoonful | (noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoon |
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tenoroon | (noun) a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon | - |
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toon | (noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, cartoon |
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tycoon | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive |
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typhoon | (noun) a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | - |
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vinegarroon | (noun) large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed | Synonyms: Mastigoproctus giganteus |
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zoonosis | (noun) an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans | Synonyms: zoonotic disease |
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zoonotic | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting zoonosis | - |
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